Whip-socket



(No Model.) l

H. A. SMITH. WHIP SOCKET.

No; $113,736. Patented Jan. 30,1894.

Flllfi- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ADALBERT SMITH, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

WHIP-@SOCKETIA SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,736, dated January 30, 1894. Application filed March 27, 1893- Serial No, 467,893. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: t

Be it knownthat I, HENRY ADALBERT SMITH of Omaha,in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsv in Whip-Sockets; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved grip for whipsockets or other containing receptacles, designed for greater security, cheapness and durability of construction and certainty of operation.

My invention Inorey particularly resides in the novel combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully specified in the accom pany'n g drawings and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whipsocket with parts broken away to show the interior, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section with whip inserted in the socket. t

Ais the main part of the socket,or what is known as the case, (or a containing receptacle) and may be of ordinary exterior form.

Within the socket (or case) and secured thereto, preferably at points near the top of the same are strands of Wire or other strong and pliable material'B, C, and D, E which eX- tend downwardly and are secured at their lower ends B, C, and D, E to a revoluble base F, which base revolves independently from the main socket (or case) A, which is held stationary by a support G which should be attached to the dash board of the carriage or wagon. The wires or strands B, C, D, E, may be separate or continuous, when continuous B and C extending up (or down) and back to end of startin g, but its center securely held to the opposite part of the receptacle from where started, (same with D and E.)

, The construction and arrangement of the several parts, when used as a Whip-socket being thus made known,the operation and the advantages of the same will it is thought be readily understood.

After the whip is inserted in the socket the revoluble base is turned either to the left or to the right by turning the whip and by so doing the strands are wound around the whipstock and thus securely holding the whip in the socket.

It will be understood that the strands are normally slack, and when the whip-stock or other device to be secured thereby is inserted therein and turned, said strands tighten around the said stock.

The object of the invention is primarily to afford such a safeguard, that a whip, tool,im plement, or other article, is not liable to be stolen therefrom, by making it impossible to take them from the grip without first turning the revoluble base.

I do not confine my invention to any particular form of case inclosing the grip or of the revoluble base, but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a case, a revoluble base, and interiorly located strands secured to said base and the upper part of the case, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY ADALBERT SMITH.

Witnesses:

HAELAN F. DERALoN, FRANK L. HALLER. 

